Polar Bear Cookies-George is my inspiration!
I love bears! I love baby bears, black bears, polar bears, bear hugs and even bear claws. I love them so much that I had to make make polar bear cookies. Fluffy polar bear cookies!
My husband is a director of a camp so I get to live at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. There are black bears here but, you don’t see them very often. People come from all over to catch a glimpse of these beautiful creatures. I look for them all the time and never know when I might get to see one.
This year there was not enough natural food like blackberries and acorns for them to eat. They were hungry so they decided to visit trash cans and dumpsters. Why not? There is a lot of food in there. They just wanted a snack before their long winter nap.
This is where George comes in. He is a cute little guy that sometimes comes to my house to find food. The first time he came, I watched him for a few minutes until he got too close to the house and I had to chase him off by banging a metal spoon and a pot. It makes a lot of noise and he didn’t like it one bit. One day when he was passing through my yard I was ready with the camera. I was in the house hanging out the window trying to get good picture of him. I got one good shot before I had to grab the pot and spoon to chase him away. Isn’t he cute?
I know he can rip my arm off in less than a second but I can’t help it. He is adorable and the inspiration for my cookies today.
Supplies for Polar Bear Cookies:
Pineapple cutter
Triangle cutter
Music note cutter
White Stiff icing ( a little stiffer than outline icing)
Red 20 second icing
Black outline icing
Dark Brown outline icing
Light Brown flood icing
Black Edible Pearls Wilton Pearlized Sprinkles
Grass tip #233
Star tip #16
I used the pineapple cutter for the body, the music note for the arm and feet, and the triangle for the scarf.
If you cut the music notes straight across the top they will not match the curves of the body when you try to put him together. So to make sure it will fit correctly, I used the pineapple cutter and placed the arm and feet where I wanted them to appear on the body and then cut.
Next, trim the top peaks of the pineapple for a nice round head.
Now it is time to put all the pieces in place. Now you can see why I used the pineapple cutter to cut the arm and feet. He fits perfectly! This last cut is optional. I wanted my bear to skate so I cut a straight line across the bottom of the feet.
Now it is time to decorate! With your red 20 second icing outline the hat, scarf and skates. Let it dry about 30 minutes
While that is drying you can work on the chocolate chip star cookies.
With the dark brown icing, outline the star.
Next, with your light brown icing, flood the inside of the star.
As soon as you flood the cookie with the light brown, use your dark brown outline icing to make about 6 dots for the chocolate chips.
Next, I squeezed a small amount of brown and white outline icing onto a piece of parchment paper. Then, while the icing was wet, I made a few smaller chocolate chips by dipping my Boo Boo Stick into the brown and gently touched the cookie.
Now back to George. With the stiff white icing and the grass tip, give George some fur!
Hold your piping bag straight up and down. Squeeze as you pull up slowly. Then almost stop squeezing and pull up quickly. This will make the peaks like you see in the picture above. You might want to practice on a piece of parchment paper before you start on your cookie.
Cover him completely so no cookie is showing.
While his arm is wet, add the star cookie. It is ok if your star is still wet, just try not to sick your finger in the icing but if you do don’t worry, most of it is going to be covered by his furry paw.
Next with the grass tip and the white icing, cover his face like you did his body.
While the icing is wet add the nose. I placed 2 white Wilton Pearlized Sprinkles for the eyes, then dotted with black icing or, you can use these eyes. I didn’t want to take a chance on the black icing bleeding on the white fur.
Let all this dry for several hours or overnight.
With the red icing, flood the skates and scarf. While the scarf is wet, add some Pearl Sprinkles and wait about 30 minutes for it to dry before flooding the hat. If you don’t wait the hat will not look like it is lying over the scarf.
Next, clean out the hat area. I used the flat end of a Boo Boo stick to remove the little strays of white fur so the red won’t bleed and your icing will be smooth. (I have not added the pearls to the scarf in the picture yet.)
Then, with the black icing, add the details to the skates.
With the white icing and the grass tip, add fur for the arm. You need to be brave and cover some of the cookie so it looks like he is holding it.
With the star tip and the white icing, add the little ball on the end of the hat.
You are all done! I hope you enjoy making George as much as I did.
Happy Creating,
He’s a cutie! Thanks for taking the time to show us the steps!
You are welcome:)
Another amazing cookie! I guess it’s better for us to eat George than the other way around!
Thanks Glory!I agree this is a much safer version!
Love Georgie Boy!!! I’m glad I never met him… just thinking of his big paws and teeth make me want to SCREAM!!! 😀
Loved it!!! It looks so great!!!
So cute! Love the textured fur you gave him!
Heyyyyyy.. I didn’t know you started a blog! Yeahhhh… Now I can follow both Callye AND you… I’m stalkin’ youuuu! haaa
D.J.
Haha D.J. I have stalked you for years!!!
IS it normal that I like being stalked by DJ? I’ve stalked her too, LOL!
WOWEE! This is so creative and so adorable! Awesome job Lisa! I would LOVE it if you would add an area on your website that we can sign up for email notifications when you post. I’d hate to miss one of your adorable tutorials and your creations!!! Thanks! Cristin (Pinkie) of Cristin’s Cookies
Awe, thanks!!!
If you subscribe to my RSS feed you will get email notifications when I add a new post.
Hey, you! I’m finally catching up. I could cry…I am so teary eyed and proud! I loled thinkng of Bea scaring away the bears…She was not taking any chances. And I also loled at you…I know he could rip my arm off in a second…yes, this is why we are buds! You’re pretty darn awesome. Your turn to blush!
This is the CUTEST!!!
I love the texture on these, they are so very cute!
Okay, this is just entirely too, too cute! Love the dimension and texture too!
George is so cute, you have inspired me to try my hand at making cookies. Thank you so much for the time you put in doing this for all of us. You are very kind.
Kiko Pops, I am glad you are going to make cookies! Let me know if you have any questions.
I found your website and I’m SO impressed! You continue to create fantastic pieces of edible art! Your George cookies are incredible – can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Love you!
I just fell in love with your work, You are brilliant! Thank you for sharing!!
Awe! You are very sweet! I am glad you are here! Let me know if you have any questions;)
Lisa, this is super adorable! I have never joined two cookie cutters together- combined parts, etc. Looks like a lot of time,… but hmmm, isn’t all of what we do very time-intensive, me thinks, while I write this? LOL I need to try it. You are so creative, and your tutorials are full of itty bitty tips that are so helpful. Thank you!
Hi, Lisa! My son is going back to college today and wanted super fun cookies to take back for his friends, so I showed him this tutorial and he immediately knew we had to make a batch of these adorable Georges! As he said…What is more fun than a cookie holding a cookie?! We just finished and they are so beary, beary adorable! The only thing we did different is we gave some green or blue scarves and hats and different shapes of cookies (hearts, round etc.) Other than that, we followed your design exactly and couldn’t be more thrilled with the results! Thanks for such detailed instructions and for sharing your talent! You are truly amazing!
Awe! I am thrilled that you made a great memory with your son before he went back to college. Did you take pictures? I would love to see the green and blue scarves and hats!
Anyway, thanks so much for letting me know how much fun you had with your son! Happy Baking Kelly!!